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  • 1 engage

    [in'ɡei‹]
    1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) contratar
    2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) contratar
    3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) prender
    4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) travar combate
    5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) engatar
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    - engagement
    - engaging
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    en.gage
    [ing'eid9] vt+vi 1 empenhar, dar a palavra, comprometer(-se). to be engaged / estar comprometido. 2 combinar noivado, contratar casamento. 3 atarefar, encarregar, incumbir. 4 ocupar(-se), entregar-se ao trabalho, dedicar-se. I am engaged on Monday / eu tenho um compromisso para segunda-feira. 5 empregar, contratar, engajar, assalariar. 6 encomendar, reservar (lugares no teatro, quarto em hotel, etc.). 7 prender, segurar, atrair, cativar. I engaged him in a conversation / travei conversa com ele. he engaged my sympathy / ele cativou minha simpatia. 8 ocupar, requerer, exigir. he was engaged in writing / ele estava ocupado escrevendo. 9 Tech encaixar, engatar, engrenar em. 10 Mil iniciar o ataque, empenhar em combate, manter contato com o inimigo.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > engage

  • 2 button

    1. noun
    1) (a knob or disc used as a fastening: I lost a button off my coat.) botão
    2) (a small knob pressed to operate something: This button turns the radio on.) botão
    2. verb
    ((often with up) to fasten by means of buttons.) abotoar
    3. verb
    (to catch someone's attention and hold him in conversation: He buttonholed me and began telling me the story of his life.) apanhar
    * * *
    but.ton
    [b'∧tən] n 1 botão. 2 coisa parecida com botão. 3 Bot gomo, olho. 4 dístico, broche. • vt+vi 1 abotoar. 2 prover de botões. 3 abotoar-se. I don’t care a button não me importa. I must press a button fig tenho de tomar providências. it isn’t worth a button não vale um caracol. on the button precisamente. to button up abotoar, ter pouco ou nenhum valor.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > button

  • 3 button

    1. noun
    1) (a knob or disc used as a fastening: I lost a button off my coat.) botão
    2) (a small knob pressed to operate something: This button turns the radio on.) botão
    2. verb
    ((often with up) to fasten by means of buttons.) abotoar
    3. verb
    (to catch someone's attention and hold him in conversation: He buttonholed me and began telling me the story of his life.) deter com conversa

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > button

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  • conversation — con|ver|sa|tion W2S1 [ˌkɔnvəˈseıʃən US ˌka:nvər ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin conversatio, from conversari; CONVERSE1] [U and C] an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts ▪ a telephone conversation …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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